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Real Estate Legal Issues

You need to know the Rules for Receiving a Cash Gift for a Downpayment on a Home
Jun. 19, 2009
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: bank rules, cash gifts, downpayments, home buyers
Banks require documentation for any cash gifts given toward home purchases.
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One Thing that Every Homeowner Should Have
Apr. 28, 2009
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: estates planning, heirs, homeowner, real estate, save taxes, trusts
Having even a simple will can save your heirs plenty of heartache and money.
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Some Legal Advice on "Lock-In Rates"
Jan. 4, 2009
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: best bayside realtor, home buyer, legal issue, lock in rates, mortgages, northeast queens, real estate
A legal view of lock-in rates
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What is the Proper Way to Give & Receive Gifts for Downpayments?
Oct. 26, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: bayside, cash gifts, downpayments, home purchases, homebuyers, mortgages, northeast queens
What is the proper way to give a cash gift toward home purchase downpayments?
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NYS has a new Adverse Possession Law as of July 2008
Oct. 14, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: adverse possession, bayside blog, good sound legal advice, northeast queens
New NYS Adverse Possession Law just went into effect.
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"Landlord Duty to Mitigate Damages in Residential Lease Shot Down"
Aug. 11, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: defaulting, landlord, lease issue, mitigate damages, tenant
Important landlord lease issue
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Having a Hard Time Selling Your Home, Try Seller Financing!
Jul. 21, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: a solution to buyers market, seller financing
Seller Financing can be a great help in selling homes in a buyers' market.
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Read the Fine Print when Getting an Engineer's Report
Jul. 1, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: engineer report, good legal advice, liability limited, north queens legal news
An Engineer's Report and your rights under the law.
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"Good Faith Shown By Good Works" - Mortgage Contingency Clauses
Jun. 21, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: contingency clauses, forfeit downpayment good faith, mortgages
Mortgage contingency clauses protect buyer's downpayment from potential forfeit.
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"Is Time Always on Your Side?" - Seller loses in Court.
May. 26, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: john maniec, law news for real estate pros, northeast queens real estate, time of the essence contracts
Beware time of the essence contracts.
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Landlords Don't Let Your Tenants Grow Up to be Holdovers
May. 19, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: advise to landlords, holdover tenants, strong legal advice
What should a landlord do to protect himself from a hold over?
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A Valuable Checklist for Sellers in Preparing for the Sale & Closing
Apr. 10, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: seller checklist, tax consequences, things a seller needs at closing
What does a seller need to consider when planning to sell his home?
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What are the key elements of Co-Op Ownership?
Apr. 6, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: details about a coop apartment, proprietary lease, shares of stock
What makes a co-op different from a condo or house?
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Brokers Beware of the Language expressed in your various Real Estate Agreements

Apr. 2, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: real estate documents, valuable legal advice for real estate agents, when commissions earned
An attorney's valuable advice to all real estate agents and brokers on preparing documents.
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Important Reasons why homeowners need Title Insurance

Mar. 26, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: homeownership protection, interesting real estate law issue, title insurance
Title insurance is extremely important for all new homeowners.
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Possession isn't 9/10ths of the Law All the Time!
Mar. 25, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: adam mandelbaum esquire, justice never sleeps, practical legal issues
What happens when a title company reviews survey and then refuses to insure a pending real estate sale?
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An Oral Contract Worth The Paper It's Not Printed On
Jan. 22, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: interesting legal opinion, written contracts are best
Interesting legal opinion on the importance of having written contracts.
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What Can Happen If Your Mortgage Commitment Time Expires?
Jan. 5, 2008
Categorized in: Real Estate Legal Issues
Tagged with: buyers, expired mortgage commitment, north queens, recent court case, sellers
Interesting real estate-related court case centers around expired mortgage commitment.
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